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The markings on 1903 Springfield barrels usually are found with year of manufacture in addition to the markings you state. I have only one reference book, accepted by many as the most comprehensive on Springfield 1903 rifles. The "Springfield 1903 Rifles" by Lt. Col. William S. Brophy, USAR, Ret. has pictures (pp 42) of the difference between barrel markings on a Springfield barrel and one made by Rock Island Armory. Your example is missing the year. After 1905 even Springfield Armory barrels should have month and year stamped near the front sight. I have a WWII model with 10 42 stamped on top with the P for "proof" mark on the bottom of the barrel also near the front sight. On page 537 of the above referenced book U.S. Army Ordinance Department Specifications dated 1916 (extracts) state "On the top of the barrel in rear of the fixed stud is stamped the Ordnance escutcheon, the initials of the place of manufacture, and of the inspector, as well as the month and year." My rifle does not have the inspectors initials but those instructions may have been altered during the heavy production in the war years. Further and more lengthy research may turn up other differences.

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